Tied knitwear gets a bad rap, but there’s a lot to be said for wearing your sweater like a scarf. If you’re looking for the perfect sock for any occasion, you can’t go wrong with a pair in purple. Gregory Peck was once the cinematic face of simple, upstanding dependability; his wardrobe suggested just the […]
Image credit: Queensland State Archives / Public Domain Earlier this week I sang the praises of short shorts. It’s a style that I have (for better or worse) favoured throughout my life and one that has come roaring back into men’s fashion over the last few years. However, despite my long-held personal allegiance to the […]
Image credit: Tullio Saba / Public domain For better or worse, I have spent most of my life wearing short shorts. From the moment I graduated out of wearing nappies, I’ve largely favoured an inseam that isn’t much longer than what you get on the average pair of Pampers. Not my school days, nor my […]
Image credit: Pixabay These days, signet rings have a curious significance. On one hand, you’ll spot them on the digits of elites. Some of their most famous wearers include Prince Charles, Winston Churchill, and the Pope, for goodness’ sake. On the other hand, they’ve long been stereotyped as being a touch tawdry, worn by unseemly […]
Image credit: kate gabrielle / CC BY 2.0 The trajectory of Peter Lawford’s life traced a bold and tragic arc. He was born in London on September 7th, 1923, the son of a knighted Lieutenant General, and, after cutting his teeth at Elstree Studios, moved to Hollywood where he flourished in the studio system as […]
Image credit: Agê Barros on Unsplash To become a watch enthusiast, as I’m confident anyone interested in watches will tell you, is something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it can all be rather interesting and exciting. On the other, though, it tends to be wildly expensive, inordinately time-consuming, and more likely than […]
Image credit: Prince Abid on Unsplash Nothing suggests the finer things in life quite like silk does. Its sheen connotes luxury, care, and an eye for aesthetics. In menswear — regardless of the garment or accessory it comes in — silk offers its wearer the opportunity to temper the hard lines and rugged fabrics so […]
Image credit: Nick Wood on Unsplash Harris Tweed is a unique textile with a sense of heritage that feels every bit as singular and variegated as a length of the cloth itself. Born, bred, and built in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, it is owned by no single entity and marshalled, protected, and given to the wider […]
Image credit: FuFu Wolf / CC BY 2.0 Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent came into the world in Oran, Algeria on August 1st, 1936. Though born into a well-off family, a young Saint Laurent was severely picked on for his gentle and timid nature as well as for his sexual orientation, which led him […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Boat shoes are among those rare items in the clothing world as likely to be worn by menswear nerds covered head to toe in madras and seersucker, as by the rugby jocks pantsing them. While the boat shoe — also called a deck shoe or top-sider — […]